[Blindtlk] Question about eating in public

Thu May 21 20:36:10 UTC 2015

Judy,

It's not about speedd.  It's about neetness, as much as possible. 
Inevitably, you're gonna! make a little bit of a mess, like it or not.  It's 
just the nature of the beast.  Could you not take a non sharp butter knife 
and do like you would with a jelly/jam jar, or a peanut butter jar?  Just 
kind a tilt the bottle a little bit, not much, as you don't want to spill it 
everywhere, but just enough to let the Ketchup run down to the openning of 
the bottle, then use your knife as an aide to scoop it out?  Then, if you're 
trying to get it on a sandwidtch or hotdog, or something where it needs to 
be over the whole body of the food, tilt your  knife, and taper toward you 
to spread it.

Chris.

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From: "Julie J. via blindtlk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about eating in public

> In the case of no room on the plate or in the cardboard boat thingy, I'd 
> slide as many fries to the side as I could and put the ketchup in the 
> corner on top of whatever fries ended up there.   I'd dip fries in the 
> ketchup until the only fries left were submerged under the ketchup.  I'd 
> probably leave those because they'd be really messy and because I don't 
> like that much ketchup.
>
> Now for the 64,000   dollar question...how do you get the ketchup out of 
> the classic glass bottles quickly, easily and without looking like you are 
> about to lose your sanity? *smile*
>
> Julie
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tom via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 3:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about eating in public
>
> Agreed.  I was just a place where there literally wasn't room.  It was a
> basket with the burger and the little cardboard boat of overflowing fries.
> <smile> There were bottles of ketchup on the table.
>
> Thanks for the response!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelby
> Carlson via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about eating in public
>
> I usually just make room on my plate for a small empty space where I can
> poor a moderate amount.  There's almost always room.
> Then I usually dip.  I'm not inclined to slather anything with ketchup on
> top, but if I did do that I'd use a fork.
>
> K.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> To: "Tom" <tom.cramer1 at gmail.com
> Date sent: Thu, 21 May 2015 12:52:47 -0700
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Question about eating in public
>
> I have a feeling this is going to be a very dumb question, but I want to 
> ask
> anyway.
>
> I enjoy eating out in public with friends or people.
>
> One of my favorite things, like any young person my age, is burgers and
> fries.
>
> I'd like to know what you guys do as blind folks with the following
> situation.
>
> Most people enjoy some sort of dipping sauce for their fries, such as
> ketchup.
>
> Some fast food places have those little dipping cups, and if I have 
> someone
> get me one or two, no problem.
>
>
>
> But, what about those places that don't.  You either have the
> plate that has
> the burgers and fries on it, or you sometimes have those
> cardboard boat
> looking things heaping full of fries and no cup or dipping
> container.
>
> I figure that on a plate situation, there could be a little room
> to put a
> bit for dipping, but not always.  What is good or proper or
> visually
> appealing to do with such things as those little boat looking
> things or when
> a plate is full of food or fries and there's no designated room?
>
> I have ended up just eating them plain, but why do that?
>
> What can I do to still enjoy what I like?
>
> And, is it OK to eat the fries with fingers if they have ketchup
> on them?
>
>
>
> Again, embarrassing questions I wouldn't normally ask a sighted
> person.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
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